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Timeline of Death with Dignity in Illinois
2024
2024
Bill Does Not Advance
- The session ends, and the bill fails to move past the Senate Subcommittee on End-of-Life Issues.
- SB3499 is referred to the Senate Subcommittee on End-of-Life Issues.
- The bill passes the first reading and is referred to the Senate Assignments committee and the Senate Executive Committee.
- In February, the Illinois legislature introduced the End of Life Option Act (SB3499).
1997
1997
First Aid-in-Dying Bills Introduced
Illinois considers physician-assisted dying bills (HB601 and SB948). The bills do not advance.
